Infectious Diseases News

Federal Program Offers Free COVID, Flu At-Home Tests, Rx The Home Test to Treat program is virtual and offers at-home rapid tests, telehealth sessions, and at-home treatments to people nationwide.
WebMD Health News, December 08, 2023
New $1 Billion Plan for African Vaccine Manufacturing Up to $1 billion will be available to boost African vaccine manufacturing as part of a new scheme set up by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the global health organization said on Thursday.
Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
CDC Issues Health Alert for Subtype of Mpox Virus in Congo The CDC issued a health alert on Thursday to notify clinicians and health departments about a deadly type of the mpox virus spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
HIV Vaccine Trial in Africa Halted After Disappointing Data A trial of an experimental HIV vaccine stopped early after preliminary data suggested it would not be effective in preventing infection, according to the trial's chief investigator.
Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
US Sets Policy to Seize Patents If Drug Price Deemed Too High The Biden Administration has announced it is setting new policy that will allow it to seize patents for medicines developed with government funding if it believes their prices are too high.
Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
Wide Regional Variation in Diagnosis of Long COVID The percentage of patients with a U09.9 diagnostic code in the year after a SARS-CoV-2 infection ranged from less than 4% in one region to more than 24% in another
Medscape Medical News, December 08, 2023
Anxiety, Depression Soared in Young Adults During Pandemic More than a third of young adults living in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced anxiety and/or depression, an outcome that may be related to economic or social uncertainty.
Medscape Medical News, December 08, 2023
New COVID Variant JN.1 Could Disrupt Holiday Plans "A significant wave [of JN.1] has started here and could be blunted with a high booster rate and mitigation measures."
WebMD Health News, December 07, 2023
Some Reasons to Get Off the Fence About COVID Booster Though many people remain on the fence about getting the latest COVID vaccine booster, new research suggests a strong argument for getting the shot this winter.
Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2023
COP28 Focus on Health Draws $777 Million to Fight Tropical Disease The UAE and several charities at the UN climate summit have offered $777 million in financing for eradicating neglected tropical diseases that are expected to worsen as temperatures climb.
Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2023
France on 'High' Alert for Bird Flu After New Cases Detected France raised the risk level of bird flu to 'high' from 'moderate' on Tuesday after new cases of the disease were detected, forcing poultry farms to keep birds indoors to stem the spread of the highly contagious virus.
Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2023
Stigma, Regulatory Barriers Delay Mpox Response in DRC Vaccines and treatments that could help tackle an mpox epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo are lying unused outside the country despite a high death rate.
Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2023
Geriatricians, Look Out for Patients With Long COVID Patients residing in nursing homes may exhibit signs of long COVID that are missed.
Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2023
ARDS: Prone Positioning Doesn't Reduce Time to ECMO Weaning Adults with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome who underwent venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation had similar times to weaning with prone and supine positions.
Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2023
US Life Expectancy Still Lags: What Doctors Can Do Today Learn why American life expectancy has eroded and what you can do with patients to help fix the problem.
Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2023
COVID, Flu Rates Rising Nationwide, but RSV May Have Peaked COVID-19 appears to be heading for a holiday season increase across most of the United States.
WebMD Health News, December 05, 2023
How’s the Food? Rate Your Hospital Cafeteria Historically, hospital cafeterias have not been celebrated for the quality of their cuisine, typically feeding their staff from the same kitchen that prepared patient meals. How would you rate your hospital's cafeteria?
Medscape Reader Polls, December 05, 2023
How the New Outbreak in China Is Hitting Clinics Elsewhere A rise in respiratory illnesses in China, clusters of pneumonia in children, and resistance to common antibiotics have specialists on alert looking for changes locally.
Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
How Climate Change Is Making the World Sick Heat stress. Lung damage from wildfire smoke. These are just a few of the ways that public health has been impacted and compounded by climate change - a focus for the first time at COP28.
Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2023
EMA Committee Recommends Label Update for Some Decongestants The European Medicines Agency's safety committee on Friday recommended changes to product information for all medicines that contain the ingredient pseudoephedrine to address safety concerns related to neurological and heart-related side effects.
Reuters Health Information, December 01, 2023
COVID-19 Shrinks Life Expectancy in S. Korea Babies born in South Korea last year are expected to live 82.7 years, down from 83.6 years in 2021, the statistics agency said on Friday, after life expectancy fell in 2022 for the first time since 1970.
Reuters Health Information, December 01, 2023
COVID Vaccines Lower Risk of Serious Illness in Kids Two doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduced hospitalizations and emergency department visits by 40%.
Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
COVID Vaccines Likely Reversed Premature Birth Trend Researchers suggest this provides further evidence of benefit of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination before or during pregnancy.
Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
World at Risk of Losing Malaria Fight as Cases Rise: Report The world is in danger of losing the fight against malaria, as cases of the disease rose by around 5 million year-on-year in 2022, exceeding global targets to contain it, a WHO report showed.
Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2023
Patients Exposed to HIV, Hepatitis at Salem Hospital At least 450 patients at Mass General Brigham, Salem Hospital, near Boston are at risk of HIV and hepatitis infection, according to a lawsuit claiming negligent intravenous medication administration.
Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
Long-Acting PrEP in Europe's Fight Against HIV Europe's advances in HIV prevention strategies, including PrEP and long-acting retrovirals, bring hope amidst persistent access challenges and disparities.
Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
Mystery Illness Affecting Dogs Across the United States A mystery respiratory illness has stricken dogs in at least 14 states, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association, which is asking vets to report cases while laboratories race to isolate the pathogen.
Reuters Health Information, November 29, 2023
UK Expands HIV Screening Programme Singer Elton John addressed British lawmakers on Wednesday as the government announced plans to expand an HIV testing programme as part of its aim to end new transmissions of the virus in England by 2030.
Reuters Health Information, November 29, 2023
TCT 2023 Transapical Valve Replacement Relieves Mitral Regurgitation Transapical mitral valve replacement by catheter eliminated mitral regurgitation and improved hemodynamics in a frail high-risk population, results of the SUMMIT trial show.
Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
All-Oral Regimen Succeeds for Rifampin-Resistant TB A combination oral-only therapy of bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid was significantly more effective than standard care in preventing unfavorable outcomes in patients with treatment-resistant tuberculosis.
MDedge News, November 29, 2023
COVID Vax T-Cell Responses Help B-Cell–Deficient Patients The findings demonstrate how vaccine-induced T-cell responses could potentially reduce COVID-19 severity, the authors write.
Medscape Medical News, November 29, 2023
Should Physicians Go to Work When Sick? Although most doctors believe it's best to stay home if they're ill, today's healthcare system makes the answer much more complicated.
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2023
Rethinking Approach to Manage Fever in ED for Children With Sickle Cell Disease Lower risk of bacteremia in children with sickle cell disease presenting to the emergency department with fever calls critical reexamination of long standing approach towards management of SCD in children.
Medscape Medical News, October 03, 2023
UK's First Living Donor Uterus Transplant a Success After 25 years' preclinical research, a British surgical team reported the UK's first living donor uterus transplant, with both donor and recipient doing well 10 weeks post-operatively.
Medscape News UK, August 23, 2023
As MOC Debate Heats Up, Cardiology Societies Weigh In The MOC process is once again under attack by cardiologists and other specialty physicians. A petition aiming to end the requirements has garnered more than 17,000 and counting signatures.
Medscape Medical News, August 22, 2023
Mortality Rates Remain High After Hepatitis C Cure Mortality rates remain substantially elevated after successful treatment of hepatitis C infection in the era of interferon-free antiviral therapy, a study of over 20,000 patients has found.
Medscape Medical News, August 22, 2023
It May Be Time to Pay Attention to COVID Again Since April, a new COVID variant has cropped up. According to recent CDC data, EG.5 — from the Omicron family — now makes up 17% of all cases in the US, up from 7.5% in the first week of July.
WebMD Health News, August 11, 2023
A1c Not Linked to Postop Complications in Kids With Diabetes Findings suggest no need to delay elective surgery in order to optimize glycemic control in children with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
Medscape Medical News, August 10, 2023
Chickenpox to Blame for £24 Million Lost Yearly in Income and Productivity Study has calculated the cost of childhood chickenpox in the UK, with working women more likely than men to care for children with the infection.
Medscape News UK, April 26, 2022
Only 1 in 4 Feel Fully Recovered Following COVID-19 Hospitalisation Being female, obese, and having had mechanical ventilation in hospital are all associated with being less likely to feel fully recovered one year after COVID-19 hospitalisation.
Medscape News UK, April 26, 2022

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